Horseshoe.



B. B. BRENNER.

HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1.5. I915.

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BELLA B. BRENNER, 013 NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 113, 11915.

Application filed. February 15, 1915. Serial No. 8,229.

The primary object of the invention is to: provide a rough shod shoe which 1s intended for temporary use on winter days when the streets and the roads are covered with slippery ice or snow.

Tn carrying the invention into effect, the tread portion of the shoe is constructed so as to fit freely upon the hoof and is provided with sharpened spikes or projections upon its under face. An adjustable fastening device is provided upon the tread portion and is constructed in such fashion that it will fit the hoof easily and firmly when applied so as to secure the tread portion to the hoof rigidly and securely, but is capable of being expanded in order that ready application of the same to the hoof or removal therefrom may be effected.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction such as will be described more fully hereinafter and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing the shoe applied to the hoof of a horse, a number of the pivot joints of the fastening device being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, showingthe fastening; device expanded; and, Fig. 8 is a reduced bottom plan View of the shoe alone.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1 designates the webbed tread portion of the shoe, which resembles the ordinary form of horseshoe in general contour. A number. of slipping-preventing spikes or pointed projections 2 are formed on the under surface of the tread portion 1 and are evenly distributed upon the said surface. A retaining flange 3 rises from the side and the front edges of the tread portion 1 and is adapted to fit the lower tread portion of a horses hoof, such as that designated in the drawings by the numeral 4. The fastening device is of the lazy-tongs construction and consists of a number of superimposed sets or horizontal rows of medially pivoted pairs of levers 5. No play is allowed at the pivot 6 for the levers of each pair, but the meeting ends of the interconnected levers are united by means of the pins 8 and slots 9 so as to permit limited relative movement of the levers whereby the fastening device may be expanded and contracted. The lower ends of the levers of the lowermost set are connected in the manner described by means of pins and slots to the flange 3 of the tread portion 1. The slots 8 may be constructed of increasing length as they approach in position the top! of the fastening device in order that the uppermost sets of levers may be adjusted to a greater degree than the underneath ones so that the fastening device may be made to conform in shape to the upwardly tapering hoof to fit the same snugly in applied position, as shown particularly in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The pins 8 connecting the meeting ends of the levers of the uppermost sets have attached thereto a series of substantially U shaped loops 10, through which a securing strap 11 is threaded. -The ends of this strap are arranged preferably in the rear and are adapted to be connected adjustably by means of a buckle 12 or other suitable device. "When the shoe is applied to a horses hoof the fastening device constituted by the levers 5 is expanded as shownrin Fig. 2, but may be contracted to grip the hoof firmly by tightening the strap 11. In order to assist in preventing displacement of the tread portion of the shoe upon the hoof, a second strap 13 con.- nects the rear edges of the flange 3 and is adapted to be secured by the buckle 14.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it should be apparent that I have provided a horseshoe which is extremely simple in construction, and which may be applied readily by a driver or other person'unskilled in the art of farriery in an effective and secure manner without the use of attaching nails, whereby horses may be rough shod quickly and conveniently whenever the occasion demands this.

7 It is to be understood that the shoe may be constructed in various sizes for commercial purposes and that minor changes in the I secting levers, the meeting ends of the said levers being loosely connected to permit relative movement of the same, the lever ends at the lower edge of the fastening device being loosely connected with the said tread portion, and means by which the fastening device may be contracted and secured in contracted operative form.

2. A shoe of the character described, comprising a tread portion, and a hoof-fastening device comprising a plurality of interconnected pairs of medially pivoted, intersecting levers, the meeting ends of the said levers being loosely connected to permit relative movement of the same, the lever ends at the lower edge of the fastening devicebeingloosely connected With the said tread portion, a plurality of loops secured to the lever ends at the upper edge of the fastening device, and a flexible member threaded through the said loops and adapted to be tightened to bind the fastening device in contracted form.

'3. A shoe of the character described comprising a tread portion, and a hoof-fastening, device comprising a plurality of interconnected pairs of medially pivoted, intersecting levers, the meeting ends of the said levers being loosely connected With the said tread portion, a plurality of loops secured to the lever ends at the upper edge of the fastening device, a flexible member threaded through said loops, and a securing member for connecting the ends of the said flexible member.

4. A shoe of the character described comprising a tread portion, and a hoof-fastening device comprising a plurality of simple imposed sets of interconnected pairs of medially pivoted, intersecting levers, the meeting ends of the said levers being loosely connected to permit relative movement of the same, the lower ends of the levers of the lowermost set being loosely connected with the said tread portion, and means connected with the upper ends of the levers of the upper-most set for drawing the same toward each other and for securing the same in con tracted position.

5. A shoe of the character described comprising a tread portion, and a hoof-fastening device comprising a plurality of superimposed sets of interconnected pairs of medially pivoted, intersecting levers, the meeting ends of the said levers being loosely connected to permit relative movement of the same, the lower ends of the levers of the lowermost sets being loosely connected. with the said tread portion, and means connected with the upper ends of the levers of the uppermost sets for drawing the same toward each other and for securing the same in contracted position, the levers of the uppermost set being connected more loosely to the levers of the next succeeding set than the levers of the latter set are connected with parts of the fastening device disposed lower in position than the same to permit a greater degree of relative movement of the levers at the upper portion of the fastening device.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. BELLA B. BRENNER.

Witnesses:

DUDLEY B. HOWARD, JOHN C. SANDERS.

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